The Emirati Anthem

Performative video documentation, 2:25 min

In 1988, A one year old Palestinian “child of the stones” moved with his family from Palestine to Gulf Arabia. He never throw a stone but he used to stand in the morning queue at school with the other students singing the Emirate Anthem, trying carefully to replace the word «Our Emirates» with «Our Palestine» with no one noticing.

In this video I sing the Emirati Anthem and repeating the gestures I used to do in the school line in the UAE.